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Controversial American Issues: Database Research
Preassessment Survey
Assessment for After Research

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To access these databases from school, use the links on the left under "Online Databses" on the Destiny home page.

To access the databases from home, go to https://destiny.vbcps.com. Log in with your usual school username and password, and under High School Libraries, click on First Colonial High School. On the right, under “Online Databases (Home Access),” you’ll find links to the databases with usernames and passwords.

Try searching Google or another online source, using the keywords listed below.

For help in citing sources, try Easy Bib. Suggestion: register while you are at school first so that you can save your "project." You can print your MLA Bibliography page right from that site!

Topic	Useful Databases	Keywords
Eugenics in Virginia Sterilization in Virginia	ABC-Clio: American History ABC-Clio: Issues Grolier Gale’s Student Resources in Context Gale’s Science in Context Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context Gale’s Biography Resource in Context – advanced search by keyword	Eugenics Sterilization Eugenics Virginia Sterilization Virginia Francis Galton
Ice Pick Lobotomies	Gale’s Student Resources in Context Gale’s Science in Context Gale’s Biography Resource in Context – advanced search by keyword	“ice pick lobotom*” “Walter Freeman”
Wounded Knee	ABC-Clio: American Government ABC-Clio: American History ABC-Clio: Issues Discovery Education – Streaming (username: firstcolonial11 ; password: firstcolonial) Grolier Gale’s Student Resources in Context Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context Gale’s Biography Resource in Context – advanced search by keyword	“Wounded Knee”
Riots in Attica	ABC-Clio: American History Gale’s Student Resources in Context Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context Gale’s Biography Resource in Context – advanced search by keyword	Attica riot*
Tuskegee Experiment	ABC-Clio: American History Gale’s Student Resources in Context Gale’s Science in Context Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context Gale’s Heath and Wellness Resource Center Gale’s Biography Resource in Context – advanced search by keyword	“Tuskegee experiment” Tuskegee syphilis
PG&E and Hinkley, California	Gale’s Student Resources in Context Gale’s Science in Context Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context Gale’s Biography Resource in Context – advanced search by keyword	pg&e AND hinkley “erin brockovich” “pacific gas and electric”
Love Canal	ABC-Clio: American History and Issues Gale’s Student Resources in Context Gale’s Science in Context Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context Gale’s Heath and Wellness Resource Center Gale’s Biography Resource in Context – advanced search by keyword	“love canal” “Hooker chemical and plastics corporation”